noun 1. a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be on or over something, as over a name on a ballot. 2. a person or thing that . [past, pahst] /pæst, pɑst/adjective 1. gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it’s all past now. 2. of, having existed in, or having occurred during a time previous to the present; bygone: the past glories of the Incas. 3. gone by just before the present time; just passed: during the past year. 4. ago: six days past. 5. having formerly been or served as; previous; earlier: three past presidents of the club. 6. Grammar. designating a tense, or other verb formation or construction, that refers to events or states in time gone by.noun 7. the time gone by: He could remember events far back in the past. 8. the history of a person, nation, etc.: our country’s glorious past. 9. what has existed or has happened at some earlier time: Try to forget the past, now that your troubles are over. 10. the events, phenomena, conditions, etc., that characterized an earlier historical period: That hat is something out of the past. 11. an earlier period of a person’s life, career, etc., that is thought to be of a shameful or embarrassing nature: When he left prison, he put his past behind him. 12. Grammar.

adverb 13. so as to pass by or beyond; by: The troops marched past. preposition 14. beyond in time; later than; after: past noon; half past six. 15. beyond in space or position; farther on than: the house just past the church. 16. in a direction so as to pass by or go beyond: We went past the house by mistake. 17. beyond in amount, number, etc.: past the maximum age for enlisting in the army. 18. beyond the reach, scope, influence, or power of: He is past hope of recovery. /pɑːst/adjective 1. completed, finished, and no longer in existence: past happiness 2. denoting or belonging to all or a segment of the time that has elapsed at the present moment: the past history of the world 3. denoting a specific unit of time that immediately precedes the present one: the past month 4. (prenominal) denoting a person who has held and relinquished an office or position; former: a past president 5. (grammar) denoting any of various tenses of verbs that are used in describing actions, events, or states that have been begun or completed at the time of utterance Compare aorist, imperfect (sense 4), perfect (sense 8)noun 6. the past, the period of time or a segment of it that has elapsed: forget the past 7. the history, experience, or background of a nation, person, etc: a soldier with a distinguished past 8. an earlier period of someone’s life, esp one that contains events kept secret or regarded as disreputable 9. (grammar)

adverb 10. at a specified or unspecified time before the present; ago: three years past 11. on or onwards: I greeted him but he just walked past preposition 12. beyond in time: it’s past midnight 13. beyond in place or position: the library is past the church 14. moving beyond; in a direction that passes: he walked past me 15. beyond or above the reach, limit, or scope of: his foolishness is past comprehension 16. beyond or above in number or amount: to count past ten 17. (informal) past it, unable to perform the tasks one could do when one was younger 18. not put it past someone, to consider someone capable of (the action specified)adj.

[pas-tern] /ˈpæs tərn/ noun 1. the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof. 2. either of the two bones of this part, the upper or first phalanx (great pastern bone) and the lower or second phalanx (small pastern bone) between which is a joint (pastern joint) /ˈpæstən/ […]

[peyst-uhp] /ˈpeɪstˌʌp/ noun, Printing. 1. (def 14). noun (printing) 1. an assembly of typeset matter, illustrations, etc, pasted on a sheet of paper or board and used as a guide or layout in the production of a publication 2. a sheet of paper or board on which are pasted artwork, typeset matter, etc, for photographing […]

[pa-stur; French pah-stœr] /pæˈstɜr; French pɑˈstœr/ noun 1. Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist. /French pastœr/ noun 1. Louis (lwi). 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist. His discovery that the fermentation of milk and alcohol was caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization. He also […]

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